w I'm painfully present in my life right now. Here's how I'm coping during the pandemic By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 16:18:21 -0400 TV executive Erin Zelle shares what she has learned about herself during the COVID-19 era. Full Article
w I'm the mother of a toddler. This is why I no longer live in fear. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:00:00 -0400 I am the mother of a 20-month-old with a terminal disease. Full Article
w Givenchy splits with Meghan Markle wedding dress designer By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:00:36 -0400 The designer of Meghan Markle's wedding dress and first woman to helm the house exits after a three-year run. Full Article
w Go natural, try a new style or panic? How black women in the coronavirus era deal with their hair By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 09:00:57 -0400 Some women are giving their hair a break, while others are learning the basics. Full Article
w Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'A total shirt show' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:23:03 -0400 Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 5 and 6 of Amazon's fashion competition 'Making the Cut.' Full Article
w Want to soothe your stress-worn skin? Try these at-home tips from experts By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:21:22 -0400 Beauty experts says stress and lack of sunlight during the COVID-19 era can play a role in how your skin looks. Here are DIY solutions to make it look better. Full Article
w Due to the coronavirus, sex-toy sales are up, stigma is down By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:36 -0400 If sex-toy sales are any indication, people are seeking sexual pleasure during this anxiety-fraught period of extended social isolation. Full Article
w How to find the pandemic sex toy that's right for you By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:44 -0400 From sex-coach apps to teledildonics, options for sexual intimacy are right at your fingertips Full Article
w New clothes pile up at Cambodian factories. Coronavirus forces U.S. brands to cancel orders By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:56:24 -0400 The drop in foreign orders is devastating workers in the Southeast Asian country, which counts on the garment industry for 40% of its economic output. Those still employed now fear contracting COVID-19 inside cramped factories. Full Article
w The six best masks for at-home facials during the coronavirus shutdown By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:17:53 -0400 Spa day, anyone? Here are our favorite beauty masks to treat yourself with while you stay at home. Full Article
w The do's and don'ts of wearing a face mask correctly (and comfortably) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:04:06 -0400 Wearing masks will help minimize the spread of COVID-19. Here's how to do it right. Full Article
w Enough with the WFH sweatpants. Dress like the adult you're getting paid to be By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:00:39 -0400 Why it's time to put away the cargo shorts and yoga pants and find your shoes. Full Article
w Macaroni recipes and hand washing videos. How influencers are adapting to the coronavirus crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:00:53 -0400 The coronavirus has ended big budget brand deals for some influencers, but the focus has shifted to engaging with a potentially bigger audience more authentically. Full Article
w Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'Coachella-worthy' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:06:19 -0400 Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 7 and 8 of Amazon's fashion competition 'Making the Cut.' Full Article
w What an online flea market looks like when Fred Segal does it. (Hint: Birkin bags included) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:00:37 -0400 The Fred Segal Flea Market's eclectic mix of goods, including a $43,000 brown crocodile Hermès Birkin bag, is now being sold online. Full Article
w When a DIY haircut goes tragically, hysterically wrong By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:00:57 -0400 Thinking about picking up the scissors during this coronavirus shutdown? Beware! Here's one mother's memory of an epic DIY haircut that went memorably (and hysterically) wrong. Full Article
w Want way less plastic packaging in your deliveries? Order from these brands By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:00:33 -0400 If you're feeling guilty about the plastic in all those deliveries you're getting, there are worthy alternatives. Full Article
w The coronavirus hit the fashion industry hard. Here's how eight L.A. designers are getting by By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:03:03 -0400 L.A. sustainable fashion and accessories designers share their survival stories in the time of COVID-19. Full Article
w From Bad Bunny's baubles to hand-sanitizer bottles, this jewelry designer is in demand By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:46 -0400 Jewelry designer Georgina Treviño's eccentric designs were featured in Bad Bunny's music video for "Yo Perreo Sola." Full Article
w We tuned in for the White House briefings but stayed for Dr. Birx's glorious scarves By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:21:06 -0400 Dr. Deborah Birx's scarves became this moment's fashion inspiration. Here's how to get her look. Full Article
w Put some Chateau Marmont swag in your bag and help its laid-off staff By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:00:31 -0400 Profits from the sale of the hotel's bathrobes, keychains and designer-collaboration cashmere sweaters will go to a fund for fired workers. Full Article
w Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning collection: 'A brand is born' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:35:46 -0400 Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 9 and 10 of Amazon's fashion competition "Making the Cut." Full Article
w 'Our sales jumped 500%': Meet the L.A.-based designer who won an Amazon reality show By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 21:16:02 -0400 We speak with the winner of Amazon's fashion competition "Making the Cut" about halo effects, career boosts and judge Naomi Campbell. Full Article
w Streaming Friday from famous people's closets — a virtual runway show By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:00:06 -0400 Kim Kardashian West, Hailey Bieber, Karlie Kloss and other celebrities will model their closets for the amfAR effort to fight the coronavirus. Full Article
w 'Shaq Life' is the feel-good docuseries you really need to watch right now By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:41:45 -0400 Shaquille O'Neal wants to make you smile, especially during the stress and uncertainty of the COVID-19 era. Full Article
w Quarantine confessions: What's your coronavirus secret? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:59:19 -0400 Hoarding toilet paper, "forgetting" your mask, late-night hooking up? We want to hear your dirty little secret — anonymously. Full Article
w San Francisco will close all public schools in response to coronavirus outbreak By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:03:23 -0400 The San Francisco Unified School District is closing all schools for three weeks beginning Monday. Four students and their family members at one campus have shown signs of respiratory illness. Full Article
w Santa Monica and Malibu schools to close two days for cleaning after coronavirus exposure By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:18:14 -0400 The schools are closing Friday and Monday for deep cleaning and staff meetings after "a community member with children in our schools" was exposed to the virus, the district said. Full Article
w Coronavirus closes schools: What do parents need to know? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:19:53 -0400 Here's a parents' guide to school closures because of the coronavirus. What to do? Full Article
w Newsom orders more aid to California campuses shuttered by coronavirus, opting not to close schools statewide By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:54:19 -0400 The action comes on the heels of the temporary closure of all schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District and schools in most of the state's largest cities, some of which made the decision to close earlier this week. Full Article
w Hey, kids. We're eager to hear from you about the coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:48:19 -0400 We want to hear from you. Send us your questions and one of our reporters will answer them. Plus, send us your drawings and pictures. Full Article
w L.A. Unified won't open family resource centers, citing coronavirus health risk By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 20:38:52 -0400 L.A. Unified officials have killed a plan to open 40 family resource centers. The district still will distribute food. Full Article
w Letters to the Editor: There's no way LAUSD schools could be cleaned enough to stop coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:25:57 -0400 A former LAUSD teacher says that realities of sanitation in the district made closing schools absolutely necessary. Full Article
w Schools likely to be closed for the rest of the school year, Newsom says By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:22:14 -0400 California public schools will not open for weeks and possibly not until summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday afternoon. Full Article
w For some students, college is their only safe haven. Now they have just days to leave By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:17:02 -0400 Pomona College, like others throughout the country, has asked students to leave campus and not expect to return for the remainder of the semester as the school shifts to online classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. That action has left some students feeling anxiety and fear about the future. Full Article
w How will students take AP tests with schools closed? At home, College Board proposes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:06:34 -0400 Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the College Board is proposing that AP tests could become take-home exams and has canceled the May 2 SAT test. Full Article
w How long will California schools be closed for coronavirus? Here is what we know By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:34:26 -0400 Coronavirus: Will California schools really be closed through the end of the academic year? Full Article
w Schools are closed, but learning must go on. How is this working for the neediest students? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:00:42 -0400 In a teleconference meeting of more than 7,500 school district officials and educators across California, the message was clear: School buildings may be closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but learning is still in session. Full Article
w SAT wars: Report bolsters idea of dropping SAT, ACT tests for UC admission By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:00:20 -0400 As the University of California considers the role of the SAT and ACT in admissions, dueling reports offer opposite conclusions. Full Article
w Is SAT test going down at UC? Several regents express deep skepticism over use in admissions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:40:13 -0400 Several University of California regents expressed deep skepticism about the use of SAT and ACT tests in admissions decisions, signaling the standardized tests may be headed for elimination as an application requirement. Full Article
w 'This will be their 9/11': How to help kids cope with coronavirus stay-at-home orders By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:32:11 -0400 As shelter-in-place orders and long-term quarantine measures reach California, experts tell us what the impact will be on kids, and how to help them. Full Article
w Coronavirus closures at L.A. Unified extend to May 1; district deal with Verizon will offer free internet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:30:41 -0400 L.A. Unified campuses will be closed until at least May 1 due to the coronavirus outbreak, as school employees press forward with plans to distribute computers, provide free internet for students who need it, train families and teachers in distance learning and distribute more food. Full Article
w L.A. Unified confirms first known employee COVID-19 case By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:48:24 -0400 The facilities contract employee last worked on the 28th floor of the district's downtown headquarters on March 13. Full Article
w USC, school districts getting 'Zoom-bombed' with racist taunts, porn as they transition to online meetings By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:00:47 -0400 USC officials said they learned Tuesday that some online Zoom classes had been "disrupted by people who used racist and vile language." Full Article
w Disability laws finally gave them an education. School-from-home threatens to make that impossible By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:50:41 -0400 Schools have been told they must provide equal learning opportunities to students with disabilities, but the schools and parents say that's not happening during the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
w This champion academic decathlon team studied pandemics. Now, they're living one By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:59:10 -0400 The Bell High School academic decathlon team, the L.A. area champions, studied bubonic plague and other epidemics before the coronavirus broke out. Full Article
w California needs nurses. So why is the state about to give up 10,000 prospects? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:00:35 -0400 California regulations may prevent thousands of nursing students from graduating, despite frantic effort to boost numbers of healthcare workers amid the pandemic. Full Article
w As virus spreads, this Bay Area college wants students to return and clean their dorm rooms By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:48:00 -0400 St. Mary's College in Moraga is requiring students to return and clean out their dorm rooms by April 14. Fearful of coronavirus, some parents are livid. Full Article
w Citing coronavirus risks, L.A. teachers union calls for new limits on charter schools By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 01:19:53 -0400 Citing the circumstances of the coronavirus crisis, United Teachers Los Angeles on Thursday called for a moratorium on new charter school approvals and a halt to new campus-sharing arrangements with charters. Full Article
w A's for all? Pass/fail? Colleges grapple with grading fairness during coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:00:31 -0400 Colleges are grappling with competing student demands to change grading during the coronavirus outbreak. Some want pass/fail for all to ensure equity while others want letter grades to boost GPAs. Full Article